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The Shreckengost Rifle

The Shreckengost Rifle

My great-great-great-grandfather, William Schreckengost, was a gunsmith in the mid-1800s. He raised a family in Western Pennsylvania and made distinctive long-rifles designed to shoot from the forearm (for accuracy) and sometimes outfitted with dual, over-under barrels. One of these beauties is still in the family after all these years, being passed down through [...]

July 4th Weekend Photos from Olean, Rock City Park, and the Finger Lakes

July 4th Weekend Photos from Olean, Rock City Park, and the Finger Lakes

We spent the Fourth of July out at my folks’ in Olean, NY. I got some delicious homemade German Chocolate Cake for my birthday, and we enjoyed fireworks from about a mile away. I experimented with the Canon G9 by snapping some fireworks at full zoom while the camera was “attached” to a [...]

I can’t blog this!?

I can’t blog this!?

I have a new Samsung Instinct phone through Sprint… and despite decent internet connectivity this is no way to blog. Pages take forever to load and the screen res is just too small.

Fetchr4SSP v1.4 // Combining Flickr and SlideShowPro for Photo Gallery Goodness!

Fetchr4SSP v1.4 // Combining Flickr and SlideShowPro for Photo Gallery Goodness!

Fetchr4SSP(TM) is a Fetchr(TM)-based PHP script that will fetch photos from Flickr to display as albums inside the awesome gallery software SlideShowPro!

Allows you to fetch all of your Flickr photosets as albums inside your gallery
Allows you to fetch any Flickr user’s public photosets, recent photos, “favorites”, and/or “most interesting” photos (according to Flickr) and [...]

Cape Cod 2008 Trip Photos

Cape Cod 2008 Trip Photos

Back on Memorial Day weekend we went to the Cape. The Cape is always a beautiful and peaceful destination, and this time was no different. However, we did bring along a new friend with us… the Canon PowerShot G9 – the most powerful point-and-shot digital camera you can buy (pretty much). We [...]

Critical Eye Should Be Applied to Local Benefit Concerts

Critical Eye Should Be Applied to Local Benefit Concerts

There is currently a discussion on Albany’s local music blog, operated by CRUMBS.net, over the recent surge in local benefit concerts. It was local music promoter and blog contributor Bill Bucher – a fifth generation firefighter – who weighed in on the topic.
Of the suspect benefit concerts there was one that stood out. [...]

Celtic Pride!

Celtic Pride!

The Boston Celtics just won the NBA championship against in the Los Angeles Lakers! The Finals Series played out – and ended – spectacularly. The Celtics in Game 4 pulled off the biggest comeback in any NBA Finals game ever, and this final Game 6 was a complete dismantling! I love it [...]

On the edge of my seat for Battlestar Galactica!

On the edge of my seat for Battlestar Galactica!

Last night I watched what is considered the “mid-season finale” of Battlestar Galactica. The episode was crazy delicious! I was jumping off the walls as secrets were revealed and drama played out. At the end of the episode I was drooling for more… so I hit the electric ether to find out [...]

They Destroyed My Reputation Says Hooker (!?)

They Destroyed My Reputation Says Hooker (!?)

According to a story today, New York’s darling-est whore, Ashley Alexandra Dupré, is suing Joe Francis, the maker of “Girls Gone Wild” (GGW). If you don’t remember, I blogged about Ashley Dupré in March when she took down Eliot Spitzer… in the political sense.
Now, that GGW guy Joe Francis is scum for sure… but [...]

The New England Experience

The New England Experience

There’s something about being on Cape Cod, feeling the salty breeze, sipping Boston-brewed ale, enjoying fried whole clams and award-winning chowder, while watching the Boston Celtics win a playoff game.